By Bayou City Flyers , John Williamson, and George Lumpkins In the middle of September, a member of one of our sister clubs died tragically while retrieving an RC airplane from the heavily wooded area surrounding their flying field. In the intense summer heat and oppressive humidity of Texas, it […]
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Dayton’s Air Force Museum Displays Galactic Ships
By Holly Silvers, Associate Editor | hollys@modelaircraft.org A little over an hour and a half and approximately 80 miles east of the International Aeromodeling Center in Muncie, Indiana, sits Dayton, Ohio—home to the National Museum of the United States Air Force on Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. As the oldest and […]
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Rising Stars In Free Flight
By Holly Silvers, Associate Editor | hollys@modelaircraft.org As seen in the August 2026 issue of Model Aviation. A PILOT IS never too young (or old!) to make history. AMA Youth members and California siblings Aurelius and Kiana Lin, who are also proud members of the National Youth Aviation Academy (NYAA), […]
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Rutan, Kreigh Visit AMA’s International Aeromodeling Center
Aviation and aerospace icon Burt Rutan, and fellow aerospace engineer Dan Kreigh, helped AMA celebrate the 100th running of the Nats, sponsored by Du-bro, by visiting the International Aeromodeling Center (IAC) July 8-10. Their visit was highlighted with a dinner and special presentation, “From Model Airplanes to Space,” on July […]
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AMA Member Killed in B-52 Crash
AMA wishes to express its deepest sympathy to the family of Jeromy Smith, of Rosamond, California, following an aviation accident on June 15 at Edwards Air Force Base in California. Jeromy, age 32, was one of eight crew members onboard a B-52 Stratofortress that crashed shortly after takeoff. There were […]
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Burt Rutan and Dan Kreigh AMA Resources
The following is a collection of available resources to learn more about Burt and Dan. AMA has been fortunate over the years to have had several opportunities to interview both men and host them during AMA Expo West, a trade show that was held in Ontario, California, for 20 years, […]
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Five Years Ago, Ingenuity Made History
On April 19, 2021, while the world struggled through a global pandemic, something extraordinary happened in space. On that date, at 3:34 a.m. EDT, a 3.96-pound helicopter made its first flight on Mars. NASA’s Ingenuity was the first aircraft in history to make a powered, controlled flight on another planet. […]
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RC Flying in Iceland
By AMA Member Cliff Davis It started with my wife wanting to see the northern lights. We made our plans, packed our bags, and, on January 30, 2026, we caught our seven-hour flight on an Icelandair Boeing 737 MAX from Denver to Keflavik, Iceland. We visited during winter. The sun […]
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When Man First Walked on the Moon
Many members today may not know that astronaut Neil Armstrong was an AMA member, nor that he visited AMA’s International Aeromodeling Center (IAC) in 1996 as part of AMA’s Celebration of Eagles and was inducted into the AMA Model Aviation Hall of Fame. Read more in “One Small Step with […]
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2026 AMA Member Winter Builds
We asked for your winter build submissions, and you delivered! Check out all the hard work below. Lou Farhood – RV-4 build Scratch build 35% RV-4 from Hostetler plans. Covered with glass cloth and painted with latex paint. Saito FG61-ts for power. Edward Sarkisian – Warbirds/ Pacific Alex Sheppard First […]
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